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are untouched by the contentions of your adversaries, then you will probably
come to yourself again and will not find it easy to return to all this‟.
For nearly six months beginning with Rajab 488 A.H. (⁼July 1095 A.D.), I was
continuously tossed about between the attractions of worldly desires and the
impulses towards eternal life. In that month the matter ceased to be one of
choice and became one of compulsion. Allah caused my tongue to dry up so
that I was prevented from lecturing. One particular day I would make an effort to
lecture in order to gratify the hearts of my following, but my tongue would not
utter a single word nor could I accomplish anything at all.
This impediment in my speech produced grief in my heart, and at the same
time my power to digest and assimilate food and drink was impaired; I could
hardly swallow or digest a single mouthful of food. My powers became so
weakened that the doctors gave up all hope of successful treatment. `This
trouble arises from the heart‟, they said, `and from there it has spread through
the constitution; the only method of treatment is that the anxiety which has
come over the heart should be allayed‟.
come to yourself again and will not find it easy to return to all this‟.
For nearly six months beginning with Rajab 488 A.H. (⁼July 1095 A.D.), I was
continuously tossed about between the attractions of worldly desires and the
impulses towards eternal life. In that month the matter ceased to be one of
choice and became one of compulsion. Allah caused my tongue to dry up so
that I was prevented from lecturing. One particular day I would make an effort to
lecture in order to gratify the hearts of my following, but my tongue would not
utter a single word nor could I accomplish anything at all.
This impediment in my speech produced grief in my heart, and at the same
time my power to digest and assimilate food and drink was impaired; I could
hardly swallow or digest a single mouthful of food. My powers became so
weakened that the doctors gave up all hope of successful treatment. `This
trouble arises from the heart‟, they said, `and from there it has spread through
the constitution; the only method of treatment is that the anxiety which has
come over the heart should be allayed‟.